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July 6, 2017

Amnesty International Demands Release of Human Rights Activists
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And in Turkey, Amnesty International is demanding the release of the
director of its Turkish operations and seven other human rights
activists, after they were detained by police Wednesday at a workshop.
In a statement, Amnesty International's secretary general, Salil Shetty,
called for the release of Idil Eser and those detained with her, adding,
"Eser's incommunicado detention and that of the other human rights
defenders attending a routine training event is a grotesque abuse of
power and highlights the precarious situation facing human rights
activists in the country."


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